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Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
DEATH OF GENERAL LOGAN.
The Country Startled by the Fatal Ter
mlnation of an Attack OF Rheumatism.

The Country Startled by the Fatal Ter
mination of an Attack OF rheumatism.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 26.
Hon. John A. Logan died at three minutes
before three O'Clock this afternoon. His
death, which came with startling sudden
ness to his family and friends, had not been
unexpected by his physicians for some
days. The lurking tendency to brain COM
plication which had been present in a
greater or less degree, and constantly in
creasing in severity during his entire ILL.,
ness, had prepared them to expect the
worst. The racking pains which he suf-
fered during the early days Of his illness
yielded to treatment, but they left him in a
weak and exhausted condition from which
he never rallied and upon which the fever
preyed with increasing violence until the
hour of his death.
After last midnight his pulse grew weaker
and weaker, and at o'clock this morning
his condition was such as to cause great
fear of his immediate death. After this he
rallied somewhat, and at the consultation
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

SAFE, permanent and complete are the
made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia,
general debility, habitual constipation, liv.
er and kidney complaints are speedily erad-
icated from the system. 1t disinfects,
and vigOr are obtained more rapidly and
permanently by the use of this great natur.
al antidote than by any other remedy here
tofOre known. As a blood purifier and tonic
it brings health, renewed energy and vital
ity to a worn and diseased body.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

There was an examination of the
graduating class of the University OF
Texas.
..If one bushel of wheat costs forty
cents how much will ten bushels of
wheat cost?" asked visitor.
There was ', an naWkwaad pause;
you another question: If you go into
. saloon and one whisky toddy costs
fifteen cents how much will two costp"
"You get two for quarter!' yelled
the graduating class in a chorus.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
A Great Offer.

No matter in what part you live, you had
better write to Hallett & Co., Portland,
Maine, without delay; they will send you
free information about work that you can do
and live at home, at profit of from Is to $25
and upwards daily. A number have earned
over 80 in a day. Both sexes. All ages
You are started in business free Capital
not needed. Every worker who takes hold
at once is absolutely sure of snug little
fortune. Now is the time.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
Our Progress.

Ali stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, so the huge, drastic,
cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky
medicines, are quickly abandoned with the
introduction Of DIR. Pierce's Pheasant
Purgative Pellets" which are sugar-coated,
and little larger than mustard-seeds, but
composed Of highly concentrated vegetable
extracts. By druggists.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

In the cure of severe coughs, weak lungs,
splitting of blood, and the early
stages Of Consumption, DR.. Pierce's
the medical faculty. While it cures the Sc
verest coughs, it strengthens the system
and purifes the blood. By druggists.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

For colds, fever and inflammatory attacks,
as well as for cholera morbus, diarrhcea,
dysentery or bloody-fux, collie or cramps in
Weed, composed of best Grape Brandy,
Smart-Weed or Water Pepper, Jamaica
Ginger and Camphor Water.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

"What do you get your pinsion for, Din
nis?' ''Well, now, not to deceive you, me
old frind, I've forgotten, but 1 think it was
for shun-shtroke."
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
RUPTURE !! !!

Have you heard of the astounding reduction for
DIR. j. A SHERMAN's famous Home Treatment, the
only known; guarantee comfort and cure withou
operation or hndrancs from labor! No steel iron
Suited to all ages. NOW. o1OONiX: Send for
circular Of Measurements Instruction. and proofs
MAN, 204 Broadway. Now L ork.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris,
Whom sho was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, sho chung to Castoris.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

To get relief from indigestion, ,biliousness,
constipation or torpid liver without disturb
ing the stomach or purging the bowels, take
a few doses of Carter's Little Liver Pills,
they will please YOU,
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

'They have some queer whisky bottles in
Atlanta. One looks Just like book" Ba;
these @ ss books in his mi mind % When u he I said
"Reading makes full man."
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
Baby falls and bumps It, head.
Baby bawis, tl1sy think it's dead,
Mamma gets st. Jacobs Oil.
Rubs the baby; stops turmoil.

Women doctors are becoming more nu-
merOus every year. Why not? Doesn't
pain and anguish wiring the brow a minis
tering angel thOu%.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

COnsulm ptiOn.-For the cure of this dis
tressng disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence
OF real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam.
25c., So, and 81 90 bottle.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

The total prohibition vote polled this year
was about 312 600 O,Or nearly double that cast
for St. John in 1884,
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Salvation Oil the celebrated American
remedy for cuts, bruises, sprains, scaIds,
chilblains, &C., can be had Of all druggists
1t kills pain. Price twenty-five cents.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

The Russian Minister at Washington il
allowed $4,000 year. by his government
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often at
TRocHEs give sure and immediate relief.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

There is blind boy in Brooklyn VIII,
takes dictation on type writer faster thai
any known expert in the possession of goot
eyesight
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Sir Roger Tichborne, the claimant, is en-
tanning large audiences at the Vine stree
Dime Museum, Cincinnati.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Sporting men want the earth. If cham
pion wrestler in a match turns his back on
it he is lost.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

MEN look slovenly with turnover heels.
Lyons Heel Stiffeners keep boots straight;
pair
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

"What want" cried an impetuous wo-
man, struggling to reach ribbon counter
in crowded store the other day, "what l
want is free trade.'
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Among the designs for church window
in Wisconsin was one with angels who wore
bustleS
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

New Haven strictly enforces a license fee
Of fifty dollars per day ior itinerant mer-
chants.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Minister-"Do you bet on horse races,
deacon"' Deacon-"NO, parsOn; bet on
horcae
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Thick fingers indicate a fondness for
luxury which might be extended to sensual
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

Biliousness, Dizziness, Nausea, Etc,
Are relieved by CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

The word ''travel' first implied toll, be-
cause jOurneying was such sore discom-
fort. To travel was to endure
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08
An Exp snslvo Delay,

Is failing to provide the proper means to ex
pei from the system those disease germs
which cause scrofula, indigestion, debility
reliable means is DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic.
Crystal River current., 1887-01-08

For the Blood. Nerves
And Complexion, use CARRIERS IRON
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
POLITICAL FARMING.

Farming is the post useful and hons
orable calling in which civilized man
can engage. AS long as society lasts
most OF its people Will be employed in
agriculture and the man who advances
the interests of the farmer will always
be the greatest public benefac!or,
But :'polilicaI farming" is quite an
other thing. These political farmers
do not cultivate the earth and never
did; they Woil not, neither do they
spin" But they make the people do
all the spinning. Their hands are soft
and their faces fair. But they can tell
all about farming and the organization
OF farmers. They run their tongues
(not hullatougues) through the popular
mind and plant political seed during
the Spring Of 1887 in order that they
may have plentiful harvest of votes
in 1888.
What hard worker is the political
farmer! How much keen interest he
takes in the concerns Of his farming
bretheren What exquisite delight he
finds in associatins with the agricuitu-
raj classes! We will wager that all
the candidates for u. 6. Senator aud all
the Candidates for Governor (and their
name is Eegion) are busy studying UP
improved methods of culture, new
grasses, new fertilizers, the effects OF
irrigation and The process Of diffusion .
How these honest farmers sweat al
their self-iInpossd labors Of love. Do
you think any of them ever sweated
at honest toll:
1t is pity that people are so stupid
as to be "caught" by such thin devises
as spoliticaj farming" But they are
caught by it-and 80 all aspirants for
Office had better get their plows and
hoes and turn out to fight "Gen'l
Green"
Study up, ye hungry candidates
coach and cram and let Us hear from
you on lcvees and agriculture. But il
there is patriot among you let him
avoid such blatant hypocricy and de-
vote himself TO the true work Of faith
ful, honest and efficient statesmansnip
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

The main, Monday and Tuesday,
Madison parish on the one side an.'
Monroe, Farmer vile, BastrGp and
! huston on the other, rcsui:od in Il vic
tory for Madison parish. IL was Wit
messed by IL large crowd, Euauy stran-
gers being present from Nickshurg,
Shreveport, Taslulah, FhrmerviiiC and
huston. The stake was $1,000 aud was
holly contested, The first fight was
won by Monroe after II desperate battle
lasting 81 minutes. The Madison bird
was cut down early in The fight bus,
in sporting payiancr, the Monroe cock
having lost his s.hGci' j; took him
some time 70 s'do up" his opponent.
Quite a sum Of money changed hauGs
on thc fight, betting being done con
the side" which means Independent
of the main. ThCSc side bets continued
unabatCd TO the END, making the con-
test tnorc interesting and exciting than
it otherwise would have been. IN the
second and third fights Monroe was
.doWned"; she won the fourth but the
Madison birds "GOt in their work"
again on the fifth and sixth bouts
This ended the first days contest in ihc
main, the score standing six 10 iWO, in
favor of Madison WITH only one more
fight to win, Is birds being the entry
on each side. Two "haCk" entries
were then made, both Of which were
won by Monroe, greatly 10 the damage
of the previous winnings Of the back
erS of the Madison birds
Tuesday morning Mouroc started in
with vim 50 retrieve It's fortunes in
ths fnain N,;nniur Tho FIRST fXrD firhis
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
MDNROE'S NATIONAL BANK.

The stock holders OF the Ouachita
National Bank of Monroe met in this
city Wednesday and perfected an Or
ganization by the election of a Board
Of Directors composed Of IL. Is. Blanks,
of Columbia, La, II. NJ. Filhioi, OF
Logtown, La, ID. a. Breard, Jr., Il. =.
Stubs, j. u. Parker, S. w. Saunders,
$. Meyer and L. q. Hudson, OF Mon
roe, and Uriah MiiIsaps, OF West Mon
roe. ID. A. Erca!d, Jr., was elected
president and Il. +. Miiisaps cashier.
An assessment of 100 per cent was lev
led, payable i3stanter. The stock was
Immediately paid up, n! necessary
documents signed and Il certificate &c
that effect forwarded TO the Comptroller
with an application for authority 10
begin business at once. The Board also
authorized the purchase Of the McEn-
cry law Office as The banks place of
business. Tho Building is now being
remodeIed and enlarged and when
completed will be n handsome struct-
ure. 1t viii have an iron frame WOrl,
md plate glass front and is to be hand
somc!y furnished. Possession will be
taken just as soon IS the work is com
p'eted.
The gentlemen COMPRISING tiso stock
holders OF the bank are all solid, sub
stantial, progressive and Successful
business men. Thc President, Mr.. D. \ q.
Breard, Jr., is Il planter and possesses
a fine commercial business education.
Mr.. Il. T.. Millsars, the cashier, il a
member OF the we'll established and
widely known mercan;ile firm of Mill
saps Bros, Of West Monroe, aud is u
trained accountant and a man Of splCn.
did capacity and cXcoptjonahio bus
mess habits.
We hcspCall for the OhAchiia National
Bank Of Monroe n long ana sue,
cessfu! career.
The wheel of progress continues to
turn and as we have persisted in say,
ing Monroe is gradually. but surely
getting there.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

II Mr.. Rutland has any contract wit
Ouachita parish by which he had The
right to collect the amount due the
parish out Of the interest arising from
the sales of 10th sections and to charge
the enormous fee of so per cent there.
for, we want to know something about
It; who made the contract and by
what authority? The minutes of the
School Board are silent on the subject
if we are not mistaken.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
A PUBLIC SHANE.

Are the people of Louisiana aware
that a large part of the school funds
paid by them are being turned over to
lawyer at Baton Rouge who charges
the School Boards of the parishes one
half for his services in getting the funds
out of the State treasury? We have
recently learned TO our utter amaze
nent that w. r. Rutland, a lawer liv-
ing in Baton Rouge, is doing splendid
business in representing School Boards
in the collection from the State of inc
terest due them for several years past
down to and including 1856. He
charges only the modest sum Of one
half the amount collected for his SER
vices. These funds are fixed by the
Constitution of 1879. The appropria
lions are made by the legislatures and
it is the plain and imperative duty of
every member of the State administra
ton to SEQ that the schools get the ben.
eft of the taxes collected for them.
Yet, for lis services in getting these
taxes, a lawyer is allowed one-haif!
What services are necessary? Must
the people pay officials TO do their du,
ties and then pay lawyers to make
them perform those duties? Alas !!
poor louisiana! Overtaxed, beridden
with an army OF useless officers, with
schools barely able TO run three months
in the year, yet these hard-earned
funds, which should be as sacred as the
ashes of the dead, mus, be collected of
the State by the services of an attorney!
1t is enough to strike one dnmb with
amazement and grief.
We do not undertake 10 say who is
to blame. But whether it be the School
Boards, the Slate Board Of Education,
the Auditor or the Treasurer, we are
sure that it is disgrace to the admin
is,rasion under which such outrageous
practices are possible.
One-haIf the school funds for collect
ing the other half! 0, We Gods! This
beats the famous WiitZ-MclIncry land
contract.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

Mr.. Eli Noble, late of this parish,
died at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. j. w. Watt, in Chattanooga,
Tenn., Sunday, 18th inst, aged So
years. We take the following from
the obituary notice appearing in the
Chattanooga Times of the 18th: 'Mr.
Noble was native of Tennessee, but
when quite young removed to Louis
lana, where he resided seventy-five
years, and was at one time one of the
leading planters of the State. He was
q man of wonderful vitality, and a few
days before his death walked several
miles. He was conscious TO the last,
and died in full faith and perfect trust
in the mercy of God. The funeral will
take place this afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
from the residence, Revs. j. w. Bach
man and q. G. Rankin officiating,
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
SOMETHING OF A GRAB.

BY Act OF Congress the 10th sections
of goverume mt lands in Louisiana were
donated to the State for educational
and the money realized held rs
perpetual fund, the State paying per
cent interest TO be apporiioncd among
the various parishes according 20 the
interest of each parish in the fund. In
Radical days the Legislature passed
an act appropriatiug the fund Tor
general purposes and thus !he matte;
stood until the Constitutional Con-
ventiun of 1879, when the following
article was Incorporated into The Con
stItution:
tart. 233. The debt due by the
State to the free school fund is i, reby
declared to be the sum Of on tlli!tion
one hundred aud thirty eight thousand
eight hundred and sixty seven and
51-100 dollars in principal, and stall he
placed on the books of the Auditor and
Treasurer to the credit Of the several
| townships entitled TO the same; the
said principal being the proceeds Of the
sales of lands therefore, granted by the
| United States for the use and support
of tree public schools, which amount
shall heheld by the State rs a loan,
and shall be and remain ii perpetual
fund, On which the State shall pay an
apnual interest IF four per cent from
the first day Of January, 1850, and that
said interest shall be paid 10 the several
townships in the State entitled TO the
same, i'll accordance vita the &C; Of
Congress, No. IS, approved February
lis. 1913 and the bonds OF the State
heretofore issued. belonging 10 sid
fund and sold under the act ri the
General Assembly, No. 81 Of 1872, are
hereby declared Duii and void, and
the General Assembly shall make 10
provision for their payment, and may
cause them to be destroyed,'
The free schoo! fuud, then, Is $685.
SGT 81. The interest thereon from Jan.
uary Isl, 1885, at-4 per cent, ould he
$273. &&22i TO be appnrlioletl and paid to
the several townships il !he State en-,
titled to same nnt'cr The act of Congress
referred to.
Ii seems that thia iatef"si has heeu
allowed TO accumulate, unkuoWn, as ii
were, TO the Officials Of the State, until
Il bright idea struck an entcrryising
lawyer to collect it from theStuie cfii-
Gals for the several townships entitled
to it.
AS has been shown This lawyer char~
ged only the modest fee Of one hall Of
the amount collected for his services.
If he has been successful in collecting
the whole his fee amounts 70 only
1856. &C..
Has the mantle ot black Radical
corruption fallen upon .bn Democracy
of Louisiann:t
O, shame: shame!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

prosperity of the cotton manufacturing
industry in the South than this.
The Cotton World is good authority;
cotton mills pay handsomely in the
South and as we said before one would
pay handsomely in Monroe. The
magic words "cottou from the field to
the looms" lays bare the grand truth
and it is illustrated by the fact that
"witb the negro labor in the fields 10
produce the cotton crop aud native
white labor employed in the cotton
mills to manufacture it, the South en-
joys a combination of labor with which
no other country can compete"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

cannot afford to have its proceedings
published to keep the public informed
OF what Is being done in behalf of edu.
cation, but it can afford to pay an at
torney 81, 100 to collect 50. 200 from the
State officials; a service that any res
ponsible attorney at the Monroe bar
would have done for 10 per cent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
A COTTON FACTORY.
Would one Pay i'll Monroe?

Discussing the advantages of Monroe
as a manufacturing center last week
| we closed our article with an expression
of the opinion that Cotton Factory
would pay handsomely here. AS in
Dictated we based that opinion upon
the fact that since cotton mills paid
we'll at the North, Notwithstanding
the long haul and necessarily heavy
freight rates incurred in getting the
| raw material to the factories, they
would pay better with the product at
their very doors. This fact has been
clearly demonstrated by the actual
practical test and is no longer open to
discussion. 1T is evidenced by the fact
that Now England mills cannot COM
peto against Souther factories and that
New England mills are closing down
and new factories are being built in the
South every year. New England capi>
talisls realize this and many Of our
mills are being built with New England
money. We are striving to get some
of that money put into Cotton Factory
at Monroe. If they pay in other places
of the South one would pay in Monroe
also, for where is there 4 town better
situated, possessing better transports
alton facilities and moro favored in
health and climate than Monroe? A
$500, 900 Cotton Factory could get all
the cotton here that it could work into
cloth and ut as small an expense as ut
any other Southern town. But we
would be willing to compromise the
matter at present on Il factory costing
a fourth of that amount.
But for the purposes OF this article
we are DEPRESSING. We VIII have
something more to say about the cost
Of mill and what Monroe will do in
the premises, next week. We have
made the assestion that cotton mitis
pay better South than at the North
but we don't want the average slicpiical
Monroeitc 10 take our word for it.
Several days ago the Times Democrat,
discussing the prosperity of cotton
mills had this to say:
An article in the Cotton World shows
the cotton goods factories, both of New
England aud the South, to be in excel
lent condition.. Something over a year
ago, thcre was Il marked depression in
the business, and the mills found il
necessary TO considerably reduce their
output. This, however, is all changed.
The mills are unusually active, aud
their financial condition is excellent.
A table presented by the Cotton
World of tho sales OF stocks in the
leading mills bears evidence to their
good financial condition. All of them
have advanced since 1880. The stock
of twenty out Of thir'y-tive is well
above par. Some like the Granite Mills
are go, while the Union Cotton Manu-
featuring Company is ratedat 222. The
Southern cotton factories make an even
better showing, for while all those
given by the Cotton Void were below
par in 1885, all bat two are now well
above it. Several have doubled in
value, and the average increase is
nearly 80 per cent in two years. No
fact could bear better evidence to the
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23
Will our esteemed Shreveport con.

Will our esteemed Shreveport con-
temporaries, the Times and Standard,
tell us whether they would favor
Judge Moncure to any other third
man for Governor If McIInery and
Nichols were dropped: 1t is possible
that They may be and we would like
would stand in that event.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

Strikes, lockouts and boycotts are
public misforlunes-every one of them.
They pay no one but very few de
magogues and agitators. When these
truths come to be universally recog,
nized 1t will be well for the employer
and tho employed, aud for the pros
perity of tho country.-Miladelphiet
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

One Of the most experienced and
astute politicians in the State declared
that Moncure would be the most accep-
table and available man as compro-
misc candidate for Governor. And it
the party and people and no would not
he Objectionable to either faction.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

Mr.. Rutland must disgorge some of
bis ill-gotten gains from the school
funds of the State or somebody will
have to pay. School boards have no
right in law, if we are not very badly
mistaken, to make contracts such as
have been made with Mr.. Rutland.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

The Telegraph, last week, uninten-
tionalIy omitted the name of Mr.. r..
B. Blanks of Colum bia from the list of
original stock holders in the National
Bank. Mr.. Blanks is one OF tho most
solid men of the concern and one of
the largest stock holders.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-23

1t might surprise some of the ardent
supporters of Gen. Nichols TO be told
that they were playing into the hands
of the McEneryits by their support of
Gen. Nichols, but such is the fact.